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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
Randy Newman
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Randy Newman
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 28
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Randall Stuart Newman
Randall S. Newman
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I like Public Enemy a great deal.
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This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?
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I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.
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I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when I sort of knew him, he was recording a song a day. I wondered if I could do that. So I wrote it.
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Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.
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You keep wondering whether people will see that Barack Obama is a liar and not very bright.
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Who would want to break into [the music business]? It's like a bank that's already been robbed.
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Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby.
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I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.
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Don't forget to bring that little blonde haired girl along. You know the one, love to watch her jump up and down.
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